It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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